History ActorAllusion / WesternAnimation

* Near the beginning of ''{{Ptitldztlyey0hfvu}}'', ____ ______ actually complains about why he hated carrots before boarding the submarine. His voice actor MichaelJFox actually also dislikes carrots.

** This was later given a ShoutOut in the [=RubySpears=] series Fangface, where Fangs (and the title character; both voiced by FrankWelker) did it.

* At some points of her career, CreeSummer actually voiced [[MummiesAlive three]] [[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} female]] [[TheSuperHeroSquadShow characters]] that sport {{dark skin|nedBlond}}, {{white hair|edPrettyGirl}}, and BlueEyes (hint: one of them was from an animated Disney movie).
** Cree also apparently [[{{Barbie}} voiced]] [[SpyroTheDragon three]] [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog dragons]] as well.

* In an episode of the [[TooGoodToLast short-lived]] series ''SitDownShutUp'', after hearing hot science teacher Miracle Groh sing, bisexual drama teacher Andrew comments "you sound good enough to be in ''Wicked''". Miracle's voice actor is Kristen Chenoweth, who was indeed in said play. (Seconds later, Miracle [[TheDitz because of her character]], reveals she has never heard of either ''Wicked'' or ''TheWizardOfOz'')

** [=~Seth MacFarlane~=] intentionally avoids allusions to {{Series/Batman}} with Adam West because they're too obvious.

**** Also in ''FamilyGuy'', in the episode [[TheGreatestAmericanHero "Believe It Or Not, Joe's Walking On Air"]], Peter notes the similarity between the voices of Dr. Hartman and Carter Pewtersmidt - both played by [=~Seth MacFarlane~=] - who do indeed sound nearly identical. Hartman and Carter then converse about this, with Carter noting it as being a bit lazy, whereas Hartman figures that there are only so many voices out there, with some bound to sound similar.
** One should not forget West's role as Catman on ''{{The Fairly OddParents}}''. He also appears in ''JohnnyBravo'' a few times. Fun fact: that episode was co-written by Seth [=MacFarlane=], who of course is responsible for the "Mayor Adam West" character on ''Family Guy'', mentioned above.
* Also in ''{{The Fairly OddParents}}'', the Crimson Chin is voiced by Jay Leno, a chin-themed superhero whose origin story comes when a "late night talk show host was bitten by a radioactive celebrity". In a later episode, the Crimson Chin crashes through a building during a fight scene...straight onto the filming of an episode of ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.

* Sentinel from ''TransformersAnimated'' physically resembles TheTick in both his blue color and huge chin. They have Townsend Coleman as a voice actor. The creators have confirmed that they had this in mind when designing Sentinel once they found out Coleman was cast. It's also been {{lampshaded}} a time or two, like when Sentinel has the line of "Energon-y goodness", referencing the Tick's odd manners of speech.

* ''TheBoondocks'' has plenty of these with Granddad (played by John Witherspoon) constantly making homages to his voice actor's previous works, especially ''Friday''. SamuelLJackson does this too when playing Gin Rummy (one where he recreates the whole "What" scene from ''PulpFiction''). Charles Murphy as Wuncler III had the line "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney I'm rich, bitch!]]"; a line from ''[=~Chappelle's Show~=]'' which he frequently performed on.

* In ''TheRescuers'', Miss Bianca is portrayed as representing Hungary. She was voiced by Eva Gabor, who was Hungarian herself [[hottip:*: Moreover, there is at least one scene where Bianca mispronounces words; a reference to her GreenAcres character Lisa Douglas.]]
* Joe E. Ross played at least two {{Hanna-Barbera}} characters (Sgt. Flint in HongKongPhooey, Botch in Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch), who used his trademark "Ooh! Ooh!" VerbalTic.

** While this may or may not be unintentional, Starfire's voice actress (HyndenWalch) plays a princess in [[AdventureTimeWithFinnAndJake other]] [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann series]].

** In Bender's Big Score, in the battle against the scammers, the Chanukah Zombie, voiced by Mark Hamill, flies a stereotypically Chanukah themed [[StarWars TIE Fighter]]
* One episode of ''TheSimpsons'', titled "Brother From Another Series" starred Sideshow Bob (Grammer) and his brother Cecil, voiced by, you guessed it, David Hyde Pierce. One scene becomes an obvious extended reference to ''{{Frasier}}'', down to the incidental music and sarcastic dialogue. At one point when Bart jumped on his back and yelled "Guess who!" Cecil's first guess was "Maris?" Maris was [[TheGhost the never seen/never heard]] wife of Niles Crane. A later episode starred Bob, Cecil and their father Robert, voiced by John Mahoney. One extended {{Couch Gag}} had the Simpsons running through sets from different sitcoms, they sit in the bar from 'Cheers' (the show Fraiser was a spin off of) and Sideshow Bob walks in, in homage to his role as Fraiser

*** In one episode Comic Book Guy says "America needs the wisdom of ''HermansHead'' now more than ever." Comic Book Guy is voiced by Hank Azaria, who co-starred on ''HermansHead''.
** Spoofed in ''TheSimpsons''. Mark Hamill, starring in a dinner-theatre production of Guys and Dolls, is [[IAmNotSpock forced to adapt everything to fit his role in]] ''StarWars'', climaxing with the "Luke, Be A Jedi Tonight" musical number and a few references like "use the Forks!"
** The ''{{Simpsons}}'' episode "Lisa's Substitute", guest starring DustinHoffman, features an extended sequence that comes out of nowhere in which Hoffman's character and Mrs. Krabappel do a shot for shot reenactment of the famous seduction scene from ''TheGraduate''. Ironically, Hoffman used a pseudonym in this appearance, so anyone who couldn't recognize his voice was probably completely mystified as to why the episode suddenly stopped dead in its tracks to do such a specific parody.

* ''KimPossible'' did this as a two-in-one parody. In "The Fearless Ferret", an aging TV star who played a superhero on TV is voiced by Adam West of the classic ''{{Batman}}''. He coaches a successor via radio, in the form of series regular Ron. Ron's VA, Will Friedle, was the voice of the future Batman on ''BatmanBeyond'' -- whom the original Batman coached via radio.
** On another episode, Señor Senior Sr. speaks of chasing someone "'round perdition's flames", in much the same way his voice actor (Ricardo Montalban) did in ''[[StarTrek Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''.
* Will Friedle again invokes ''BatmanBeyond'' by playing Bats' on-again, off-again partner Blue Beetle in ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
* Adam West [[AdamWesting has practically made a new career out of this]]. On an episode of ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' he voices a washed-up has-been actor whose most famous role was playing a superhero in a television show. Later on, he played as Mayor Grange in ''TheBatman'', as well as ''LoisAndClark.'' He has a steady role now as Mayor Adam West of ''FamilyGuy''. (Yes, the names are the same and he's insane, but there doesn't seem to be an actual connection to Batman.)
** Seth Macfarlane intentionally avoids allusions to Batman with Adam West because they're too obvious.

**** Also in ''FamilyGuy'', in the episode [[TheGreatestAmericanHero "Believe It Or Not, Joe's Walking On Air"]], Peter notes the similarity between the voices of Dr. Hartman and Carter Pewtersmidt - both played by Seth MacFarlane - who do indeed sound nearly identical. Hartman and Carter then converse about this, with Carter noting it as being a bit lazy, whereas Hartman figures that there are only so many voices out there, some are bound to sound similar.
** One should not forget West's role as Catman on ''FairlyOddParents''. He also appears in ''JohnnyBravo'' a few times. Fun fact: that episode was co-written by Seth [=MacFarlane=], who of course is responsible for the "Mayor Adam West" character on ''Family Guy'', mentioned above.
* Also in ''FairlyOddParents'', the Crimson Chin is voiced by Jay Leno, a chin-themed superhero whose origin story comes when a "late night talk show host was bitten by a radioactive celebrity". In a later episode, the Crimson Chin crashes through a building during a fight scene...straight onto the filming of an episode of ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.
** There's also Dr. Rip Studwell, voiced by series creator Butch Hartman himself. His over the top, soap opera style is a refrence to Hartman's acting roles on soap operas before he made it big in animation.

* There was a fairly subtle one on the first episode of ''FamilyGuy'' after the show came back. Peter listed all of the series on {{FOX}} that had been cancelled since they were. When Peter says ''GregTheBunny'', he looks at Chris, whose VA, Seth Green, was the star of that series. Later in the series, Peter and Chris [[SeinfeldianConversation have a conversation about]] ''RobotChicken'' (which also did a ''StarWars'' episode) with Peter dismissing the show and Chris defending it. Seth Green is the co-creator of ''RobotChicken''.

** In the third ''Star Wars'' spoof, they simply go into outright ''bashing'' Seth Green by name, which naturally irritates Chris/Luke. At the end, they ask Peter what's his problem with Seth Green, then turn around and start bashing Seth [=MacFarlane=], with Peter, Stewie, and Brian (all voiced by [=MacFarlane=]) trying to defend him.
** In "Meet the Quagmires", where, in an alternate universe, President Gore killed Osama bin Laden. Lois says: "Who woulda thought that bin Laden was hiding out in the cast of MadTV?" Quagmire remarks: "Man, the perfect hiding spot. The one place no one would look!" Alex Borstein, the voice of Lois had a recurring role on MadTV.

** Later in that same movie, Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) tries to get a drink of water while a nervous cop holds him at gunpoint. It is nearly a shot-for-shot homage to a scene in ''DieHard With a Vengeance''

## Isaac Sumdac calling Sari "The joy and the laughter", referencing Tara Strong's previous role as Bubbles in ''PowerpuffGirls''

** In "The Chip", Guitierrez delivers a speech to Dexter that seems to have been taken from ''[[StarTrek Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''. Guess what actor portrayed Khan.

* ''TheBoondocks'' has plenty of these with Granddad (played by John Witherspoon) constantly making homages to his voice actor's previous works, especially ''Friday''. SamuelLJackson does this too when playing Gin Rummy (one where he recreates the whole "What" scene from ''PulpFiction''). Charles Murphy as Wuncler III had the line "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney I'm rich, bitch!]]"; a line from ''ChappellesShow'' which he frequently performed on.

* Captain Neweyes's last line in ''[=~We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story~=]'' is "And that's the way it is," referencing how his voice actor Cronkite signed off his newscasts back in the day.

* A rather obscure one: Ben Tennyson from ''[[{{Ben10}} Ben 10]]'' exclaims in one episode: "How stupid do you think I am?", a line uttered by Terrence of ''[=~Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends~=]'' no less than 2 years beforehand. Both characters are voiced by Tara Strong.
** Another episode where Ben and Gwen are [[TrappedInTVLand drawn into a video game]] involves a scene where Grandpa Max notices that their game console has been left on, and drops into a deeper voice to complain, "I thought I told you to ''turn the game console off''!" If you've played ''MetalGearSolid 2'' to the ending, you will likely ''void your bowels'' at this exact moment - Paul Eiding plays both Grandpa Max and Colonel Campbell, and towards the end of ''MetalGearSolid 2'', the game abruptly shifts into a NoFourthWall horror game. At the start of this downwards slide, the Colonel shouts at Raiden to "turn the game console off!"
* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', MickFoley voices The Boulder, a parody of TheRock. The Rock and Foley's character Mankind formed the popular tag team The Rock and Sock Connection.

* ''{{Rugrats}}'': Quiz show host (voiced by Alex Trebek, of ''Jeopardy'' fame): "This automotive tool is used to tighten bolts." Didi: "What is a torque wrench?" Host: "You're absolutely right, and Didi, you don't have to answer in a form of a question."
* ''PepperAnn'': In one episode, Pepper Ann is watching a show suspiciously similar to ''TheMightyDucks: The Animated Series''; April Winchell, who voiced PA's mother Lydia, also voiced Tanya on MD:TAS.
* In ''TheSwanPrincess'', Rothbart (voiced by Jack Palance) is seen doing one-armed push-ups in a scene. Palance did the same thing when he won an Oscar for his role in ''City Slickers''.

** Also {{Galaxy Quest}}, where her "one stupid job" was to be the mouthpiece for (and to) the ship's computer.

* ''JusticeLeague'', especially when it entered its LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters phase, absolutely loved these. Examples include bringing in the entire lead cast of ''TeenTitans'' to voice the (first) Royal Flush Gang, bickering brothers Hawk and Dove being played by Wayne and Kevin Arnold from ''TheWonderYears'', and Nazi-esque villain Virman Vundabar, voiced by Arte Johnson, using the line "verrry interesting...but schtupid!" - his CatchPhrase in his most famous role, Wolfgang the German Soldier on ''LaughIn''. Not to mention tapping Nathan Fillion to voice Vigilante, [[{{Firefly}} a cowboy that flies a spaceship.]]

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HINrM_Y8kEk&feature=channel_page The Great Brain Robbery]]" has a FreakyFridayFlip between Flash and Lex Luthor in which [[VoicesAreMental voices are decidedly not mental]]. Flash's voice actor plays Luthor in {{Smallville}}.

* ''{{Shrek}}'' has a good number of these. Remember Antonio Banderas, who voices Puss in Boots, played the main role in ''{{The Mask of Zorro}}''. And John Cleese.

* In an episode of ''PhineasAndFerb'', Candace (voiced by Ashley Tisdale) competes for a job at Mr. Slushy Burger with Wendy (voiced by Brenda Song). Both Tisdale and Song appeared on ''TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody''.

*** And in "Hawaiian Vacation", we have a Hotel Manager who trys to bust Phineas and Ferb. He is voiced by Phill Lewis, who also played Mr. Moseby on ''[[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody The Suite Life]]''.

* Beast Boy of the ''TeenTitans'' talks in [[TotallyRadical stereotypical surfer lingo]] and won't touch meat. His VA, Greg Cipes, is a professional surfer, and has lived on a vegan diet since he was a kid.

** One episode of ''{{Animaniacs}}'' featured a GameShow host called "Ned Flat", resembling Ned Flanders from ''TheSimpsons'' not only in name but in voice -- HarryShearer's voice, in both cases.

* In the animated short film JonahHex, attached to BatmanUnderTheRedHood, Hex is voiced by Thomas Jane. Jane was desperate for the live-action role that eventually went to Josh Brolin, so much so that he hired a makeup artist to create Hex's scars before he went to screentest. Guess he'll have to make do with doing the voice of Hex.
* AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes managed to combine this with TalkingToHimself. Fred Tasticore plays both TheIncredibleHulk (reprising the role from... practically everything the Hulk has been in since 2003) and Graviton. Then Graviton lets loose one of Hulk's [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]]:

* At some points of her career, CreeSummer actually voiced [[MummiesAlive three]] [[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} female]] [[TheSuperHeroSquadShow characters]] that sport [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark skin,]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl white hair,]] and [[BlueEyes blue eyes]] (hint: one of them was from an animated Disney movie).
** Cree also apparantly [[{{Barbie}} voiced]] [[SpyrotheDragon three]] [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog dragons]] as well.
* GarfieldAndFriends had the titular orange cat voiced by Lorenzo Music, who had previously voiced [[TheVoice Carlton the Doorman]] on the CBS sitcom ''Rhoda''. Naturally, one of the [[CouchGag Couch Gags]] featured the line, "This is Garfield, your doorman." (Doubles as a ParentalBonus, given that ''Rhoda'' aired during TheSeventies.)
* Whenever the children of SouthPark visited Chef's home, there was a photograph of Isaac Hayes on the wall. Hayes provided the voice of Chef.
* At the end of [[Disney/TheJungleBook ''The Jungle Book 2'']], [[KnightofCerebus Shere Khan]] (now voiced by TonyJay) actually ends up being defeated by being [[Disney/TheHunchbackofNotreDame plunged into a fiery pit.]]

* In TheRescuers, Miss Bianca is portrayed as representing Hungary. She was voiced by EvaGabor, who was Hungarian herself [[hottip:*: Moreover, there is at least one scene where Bianca mispronounces words; a reference to her GreenAcres character Lisa Douglas.]]
* Joe E. Ross played at least two HannaBarbera characters (Sgt. Flint in HongKongPhooey, Botch in Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch), who used his trademark "Ooh! Ooh!" VerbalTic.
** This was later given a ShoutOut in the RubySpears series Fangface, where Fangs (and the title character; both voiced by FrankWelker) did it.

* Rapunzel from ''{{Tangled}}'' is always portrayed as being barefoot, much like her voice actress Mandy Moore.

* Rapunzel from ''{{Tangled}}'' is always portrayed as being barefoot, much like her voice actress MandyMoore.

** Cree also apparantly [[{{Barbie}} voiced]] [[SpyrotheDragon three]] [[SatAm dragons]] as well.

* At the end of [[Disney/TheJungleBook ''The Jungle Book 2'']], [[KnightofCerebus Shere Khan]] (now voiced by TonyJay) actually ends up being defeated by being [[Disney/TheHunchbackofNotreDame plunged into a fiery pit.]]

* Whenever the children of SouthPark visited Chef's home, there was a photograph of Isaac Hayes on the wall. Hayes provided the voice of Chef.

* GarfieldAndFriends had the titular orange cat voiced by Lorenzo Music, who had previously voiced [[TheVoice Carlton the Doorman]] on the CBS sitcom ''Rhoda''. Naturally, one of the [[CouchGag Couch Gags]] featured the line, "This is Garfield, your doorman." (Doubles as a ParentalBonus, given that ''Rhoda'' aired during TheSeventies.)

** Cree also apparantly [[{{Barbie}} voiced]] [[SpyrotheDragon three]] [[SatAm dragons]] as well.

* At some points of her career, CreeSummer actually voiced [[MummiesAlive three]] [[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} female]] [[TheSuperHeroSquadShow characters]] that sport [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark skin,]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl white hair,]] and [[BlueEyes blue eyes]] (hint: one of them was from an animated Disney movie).

* One episode of ''TheSimpsons'', titled "Brother From Another Series" starred Sideshow Bob (Grammer) and his brother Cecil, voiced by, you guessed it, David Hyde Pierce. One scene becomes an obvious extended reference to ''{{Frasier}}'', down to the incidental music and sarcastic dialogue. At one point when Bart jumped on his back and yelled "Guess who!" Cecil's first guess was "Maris?" Maris was [[TheGhost the never seen/never heard]] wife of Niles Crane. A later episode starred Bob, Cecil and their father Robert, voiced by John Mahoney.

* Baron von Ghoulish in Billy and Mandy Save Christmas is introduced brushing his fangs and humming "Singing in the Rain." His voice actor is Malcolm [=McDowell=], who infamously sang that same song in ''AClockworkOrange''.

* At some points of her career, CreeSummer actually voiced [[MummiesAlive three]] [[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} female]] [[TheSuperheroSquad characters]] that sport [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark skin,]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl white hair,]] and [[BlueEyes blue eyes]] (hint: one of them was from an animated Disney movie).

* At some points of her career, CreeSummer actually voiced [[MummiesAlive three]] [[{{Ptitledztlyey0hfvu}} female]] [[TheSuperHeroSquad characters]] that sport [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark skin,]] [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl white hair,]] and [[BlueEyes blue eyes]] (hint: one of them was from an animated Disney movie).

* Baron von Ghoulish in Billy and Mandy Save Christmas is introduced brushing his fangs and humming "Singing in the Rain." His voice actor is Malcolm [=McDowell=], who infamously sang that same song in ''AClockworkOrange''.

**** Also in "FamilyGuy", in the episode Believe It Or Not, Joe's Walking On Air, Peter notes the similarity between the voices of Dr. Hartman and Carter Pewtersmidt - both played by Seth MacFarlane - who do indeed sound nearly identical. Hartman and Carter then converse about this, with Carter noting it as being a bit lazy, whereas Hartman figures that there are only so many voices out there, some are bound to sound similar.

* In ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' MickFoley voices The Boulder, a parody of TheRock. The Rock and Foley's character Mankind formed the popular tag team The Rock and Sock Connection.

* In ''MeetTheRobinsons'' a character is asked to describe the appearance of his father. Since the person asking him the question will grow up to be his father (it involves time travel) the character lies and claims his father looks like Tom Selleck. Later in the movie, the person meets himself as an adult, who is in fact voiced by Tom Selleck.

* In the ''{{Gargoyles}}'' episode where the characters went to Ireland, a teenage wastrel ([[spoiler:who also happened to be the reincarnation of C?llain]]) remarked that there was "more to [Bronx] than meets the eye", a reference to the tagline for ''{{Transformers}}''. Bronx's voice was provided by FrankWelker, who also did [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frank_Welker a lot of voices]] in ''TransformersGeneration1''.
* ''{{Shrek}}'' has a good number of these. Remember Antonio Banderas, who voices Puss in Boots, played the main role in ''{{The Mask of Zorro}}''. And John Cleese
* In ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'', [[spoiler:we will be introduced to Obi-Wan's love interest the Duchess Satine next season. Ewan McGregor played Obi-Wan in the Star Wars prequels as well as the male lead in MoulinRouge. His character's love interest was named Satine.]]

*** And in "Hawaiian Vacation" we have a Hotel Manager who trys to bust Phineas and Ferb. He is voiced by Phill Lewis, who also played Mr.Mosey on The Suite Life.
** On the show, Ferb (voiced by ThomasSangster) has a PrecociousCrush on Vanessa (played by OliviaOlson). In ''LoveActually,'' Sangster's character had a crush on Olson's. [[http://whitebag.deviantart.com/art/Parody-147766811 Compare]] their [[SmoochOfVictory Smooches of Victory]].

* In an episode of the [[TooGoodToLast short-lived]] series ''SitDownShutUp'', after hearing hot science teacher Miracle Groh sing, bisexual drama teacher Andrew comments "you sound good enough to be in ''Wicked''" Miracle's voice actor is Kristen Chenoweth, who was indeed in said play. (Seconds later, Miracle [[TheDitz because of her character]], reveals she has never heard of either ''Wicked'' or ''TheWizardOfOz''

* [[TheFairlyOddparents The Crimson Chin]] (voiced by JayLeno) started out as a late night talk show host before he was bitten by a radioactive handsome actor.
-->''So how has the radiation affected your love life?''
* In JusticeLeagueUnlimited, Flash and Lex Luthor switch bodies. Flash is voiced by Michael Rosenbaum, who also plays Luthor on {{Smallville}}, so in that episode he had played Luthor in two different shows. In a sense.

* Baron von Ghoulish in Billy and Mandy Save Christmas is introduced brushing his fangs and humming "Singing in the Rain." His voice actor is Malcolm McDowell, who infamously sang that same song in ''AClockworkOrange''.

* Baron von Ghoulish in Billy and Mandy Save Christmas is introduced brushing his fangs and humming "Singing in the Rain." His voice actor is Malcolm McDowell, who infamously sang that same song in A Clockwork Orange

-->'''Hulk''': [[BigDamnHeroes *lands next to him*]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner You sure about that?]]